數典忘祖 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 数典忘祖 shǔdiǎnwàngzǔ ㄕㄨˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄨˇ to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom) to forget one's roots Character by character 數(shǔ)count 典(diǎn)canon 忘(wàng)forget 祖(zǔ)surname Zu A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0